Wrench-support.



G. M. HOOD.

WRENCH SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 5- I916.

1,217,600. Patented Feb. 27, 1917.

gnoevdo'n QFFICE GEORGE M. noon, on STEELE, ALABAMA;

WRENCH-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.2*7,'191"1.

7 Application filed April 5, 1916. Serial No. 89,231.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. Hoon, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Steele, in the county of St.Clair andState of Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wrench-Supports; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to a wrench support and has for its primaryobject to provide means for detachably securing a wrench to a farmingimplement, such as a plow or cultivator, but also may be adapted for usein connection with a vehicle or automobile or any sort of a deviceemploying a wrench for securing the various parts together.

Another object of this invention is to provide a base secured to a plowor any other device, having means thereon for supporting and eflicientlyholding a wrench which is used in connection with the plow or otherdevice.

A further object of this invention is to provide a substantiallyU-shaped member attached to the base to receive one end of the wrenchand a leaf spring secured to the base and extending in the direction ofthe U- shaped member for supporting the other end of the wrench andwhich is adapted to overlie and bear upon the wrench to prevent it frommoving or rattling upon the base.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of the wrenchsupport of the above stated character, which shall be simple, durableand eflicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparativelylow cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement ofparts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa fragmentary side elevation of a plow or cultivator handle,illustrating my invention applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my invention removed from the plow orcultivator handle,

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 3 of Fig. 1,illustrating the means of securing one end of the wrench to a base,

and

Fig. 4 is a similar'view taken on the line 44.- of Fig. curing the leafspring to the base.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a portion ofa plow or cultivator handle, to which my invention is applied, but asheretofore stated my invention may be attached to any other deviceemploying a wrench. To better illustrate my invention I'have elected aplow or cultivator.

A base 2 constructed of metal or other suitable material is bolted orotherwise secured to the handle 1 at any desired point and has formedthereon adjacent one end a substantially U-shaped member 3. The U-shaped member 3 is provided with its ends are apertured to receive boltsfor securing the feet to the base 2. The U-shaped member 3 is-secureddiagonally and adjacent one end of the base for receiving one end of awrench .5. This wrench-5 may be of any desired type but to betterillustrate my invention I have elected a wrench of a type having asocket at one end and its'opposite end forked. The socketed end of thewrench 5 is placed over the U-shaped member 3 as clearly illustrated inFig. 1.

Secured to the opposite end of the base 2 is a leaf spring 6'which isoff set asillustrated at 7 to overlie and in spaced relation to thebase'2. The free end of the leaf 2 illustratingthe means of sebent at'right angles to form feet 4 which v spring is bent outwardly asillustrated at 8 In applying a wrench to this support, the

forked end of the wrench is first placed upon the OE set portion 7 ofthe leafspring 6 and the socket end of the wrench then placed over theU-shaped member 3. When so positioned, the free end of theleaf springwill bear upon the shank portion of the wrench and prevent it frommoving or rattling. To

remove the wrench from the support, the shank portion adjacent thesocket end is pulled outwardly from the base 2, disengaging the U-shapedmember, Which Will cause the leaf spring 6 to bend outwardly from thebase and allow the other end of the Wrench to be Withdrawn from thesupport.

While I have shown and described the pre-- ferred embodiment of myinvention, it Will be understood that minor changes in con struction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made Without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is A Wrench supportcomprising a base, a

; substantially U-shaped member secured to one end of the base toreceive one end of a Wrench, and a leaf spring secured to the other endof the base and bent adjacent its securing end to provide an elf setportion for receiving and supporting the other end of 1 GEORGE M.I-IOOD.

Witnesses M. H. SPRAGUE, I. M. SHAW.

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Washington, D. C. V

